St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-16
He is Captured, Confesses,
and Is Now Safe Behind
the Bars.
Osgoodby, tie Newspaper
Man, Reported to Be a
Very Black Sheep.
Fred May Puts a Sudden Check
to His Wife's Use Of
His Money.
IN TIRE TOLLS.

IN L 1OILDs
The Minnehaha Dick Turpin
Placed Behind the Bars.
For some months past complaints
have been pouring steadily into police
headquarters of people being held up
and robbed at or near Minnehaha Falls.
The people held up were generally
ladies, and in every case they were re-
lieved of their jewelry and purses by
the big highwayman. All the people
who came in contact with this modern
Dick Turpin agreed upon two facts.
that he carried big revolver.
and was very bold. None of
the people who were robbed
could give an accurate description of
the rObber until day or so ago, when
lady who had been held up at the point
of a revolver came to HankinsOn and
gave him pointer that has proved de-
cidedly valuable. She was walking
along with a little girl when the man
suddenly appeared, and. putting a big
gun at her head. ordered her to hand
out her purse. The little girl had gold
ring on her finger. This the man saw.
and. graSping the little ones
hand, Wrenched the ring off,
nearly taking the finger with it.
This lady said that the man was rather
good looking, young. fairly well dressed
and weighing about 100 pounds. He
had slightly reddish hair, long. blonde
mustache, and wore exceptionally
large boots. The lady also described
the revolver, saying it was large
nickel-plated one of 3S-calibre, having
very long barrel. Acting on this de-
scriptiOn HankinSOn went to work, and,
aided by NJ. Hoy, the old detective,
soon placed the man, and found he was
81 inn Barrett. a brother of Henry
Barrett, now serving a sentence in the
county jail for illegal liquor selling.
After deciding upon the man Mr.. Han
kinsOn took Capt. Ness, of the South
Minneapolis station, and went directly
to Barrett'S house, near the corner of
Twenty-seventh street and Twenty
ninth avenue south. Here Barrett was
found in company with two women.
Mrs. Henry Barrett and Miss Chloe
Belts, the latter being Barrett's sweet
heart. Barrett jumped to his feet when
the officers entered and made move
as if to pull 4 gun. He was at once
secured and taken to the First precinct
station. He denied up and down that
he had been guilty of anything crooked.
Finally NJ. Hoy was called i'll and took a
hand. After an hours hard work, dur
ing which time Barrett broke down, he
succeeded in getting the prisoner TO
confess that he was the man who had
been doing all the work out at Mime
haha. He admitted having wrenched
the ring from the little girls
finger and said he would show the
officers where it was. Capt. HankinSOn,
Capt. Ness and Patrolman McNulty
went to the house with Barrett. When
4haxr raoohaI 40 which &c hn
house of Henry Barrett, now in jail, the
Belts girl created quite a scene by
flinging herself onto Barrett'S bosom
and sObbing wildly. Barrett, who was
handcuffed, began to fOndle the girls
hands, and by so doing aroused
the suspicious of McNulty, who
took hold of the girls hand
and found there the ring taken
from the little girl. This upset Barrett.
and. turning TO Capt. HankinsOn, he re-
marked that the game was up. Then
he took the officers TO his room and
showed them his plumber. What he
had there would start a Small-siXed
pawnbrOker shop. \ big fur coat
started the collection; then followed
several boxes of cigars, two or three
watches, revolver and hundred and
one small articles too numerous TO NEIL
ton. Barrett at once claimed that the
fur coat belonged to his brother, and the
officer began to think he was telling
the truth. But a look from Mrs. Henry
Barrett aroused their suspicious. and
they asked her whether her husband
owned the coat or not. She at once said
that he did not. ThereupOn all the
articles were gathered up and taken TO
police headquarters. Barrett was re-
turned to the lookup and placed in Cell
No. 5, where he now is. He refuses TO
talk at all, and looks Sullen and ugly.
Capt. HankinSon, who has worked
hard Oh the case and has taken each
step most cautiously, says he has the
IMAM dead to rights" He thinks that
Barrett is the man who robbed the
motor station at Minnehaha some time
ago. shot at the station agent, held up
soldier near there, and committed
hundred smaller rObberieS. The proof
against Barrett is overwhelming. Even
> the gun described by the woman who
was last robbed was found in Barrett's
pocket.
While being taken to his house in the
patrol wagon by O1ncers Allen, McNulty
aud Neuman, Barrett rose to his feet
and dared the men to take off the hand
cuffs. He said that he would just as
soon kill them all if he could only
escape. At the house he held a whiS-
pered consultation with the Belts girl.
who is really very handsome. She
Immediately stepped TO the back
door and opened it slightly. Then
Barrett turned to the officers and asked
if he could step into the back room and
talk privately with the girl for mo-
ment. Officer Allen, who had seen the
whole play, promptly answered that he
could not, and calmly advised Barrett
not TO attempt TO escape, unless he
wanted to run the risk of being shot.
Barrett complained that the handouts
hurt him once, and asked that they be
looSened. His request was not COM
piled with. Had he had the use of his
hands for a few moments he would
have killed some one as there was a
revolver i'll one of the rooms he was so
anxious to get into. He detailed how
he had held up the women with an evil
dent relish, and even went so far as TO
say that he was glad he had made that
his business.